same letter, but a continent apart

Monday, January 23, 2006

you meet some stupid people.

i met one this weekend who said that you couldn't get decent chinese
food in spain. i contested, 'i've had excellent chinese in madrid, it
was really nice.'

'nope,' she replied, 'it's not as good as in america. same with
mexican. mexican food sucks here, but in america it rocks because
mexico is next to california.'

'but chinese can still be good if it's not cooked in china,' i said.

'no it can't.'

i put on my confused face. before, deciding to ram her into the ground
with what she'd just said.

'so if mexican is so good because mexico borders america, why is
chinese food so good in america and not spain?' surely, if china
borders neither america nor spain, they should both be equally bad at
cooking chinese food.

i wasn't disappointed with the response. she raised both hands,
shoulder width apart.

'er, helloo,' she said, 'china (indicating with her right hand).
america (indicating with her left).'

'what the...?' i had one question. i asked it. 'what about the PACIFIC OCEAN?'

no response. she had obviously been thinking of canada.

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:: Anonymous Anonymous commented Monday, January 23, 2006 2:12:00 PM

Oh man, that is so perfectly awesome - you have to wonder how some people manage to get a passport to leave the USA.

Would have loved to have been there for that one - there are plenty of americans here, so we can have a crack at a few on your visit.    



:: Blogger Matt commented Monday, January 23, 2006 2:38:00 PM

just been reminded of another american classic.

'matt, do you like dogs?'

'do i like dogs?! how do you mean? as a pet? to eat?'

'you have dogmeat in england?!'

give. me. strength.    



:: Blogger JT commented Monday, January 23, 2006 5:12:00 PM

o dear... I think that article sums up Americans very well    



:: Anonymous Anonymous commented Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:10:00 AM

Can't type properly - still laughing.

The situation is made worse because I now really want Chinese, not from China of course but from the takeaway ACROSS THE ROAD!

So who was it then? (You can be discreet about it if you wish but if I know this person it really is vital that I know. Thanks.)

xXx    



:: Blogger Unknown commented Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:19:00 AM

Welcome to my world Matt!

Speaking of which, I actually finally started the blog I always promised.

http://timcolinrogers.blogspot.com/

Much American hilarity guaranteed.    



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